1 NOVEMBER 1969, page 37

Point Counterpoint

Sir: The present furore over the seven- sided 50p piece (`Spectator's notebook', 25 October) is not unexpected. To anyone who had taken the trouble to study the decimal coinage......

God's Own Propaganda

• George Gale (25 October) cannot have both ways. Either (as I agree) The Ques- Why is a poor and ineffective piece of oadcasting, trivialising whatever it touches use of its......

Swinging Together

In his article 'Swinging Together' (18 ober) Christopher Hollis writes: 'The trine of original sin—that we are all n with a capacity to prefer the evil to good—is, as Chesterton......

The Politics Of Strife

Sir: SPECTATORS arrive here weeks late, but let me, however belatedly. explode. Students are not living on the tax payers' money, but on their grants, because they have won......

Open Letter To Edward Boyl Sir: In His Open Letter

to Edward Boyle ( October), Mr Peregrine Worsthorne sa that 'the great success of the Tory party' been its ability to appeal to the social a racial prejudices of its working......

The Bbc And Biafra

Sir: No doubt Mr Wilkinson (11 October) does his best and feels he must defend his staff, who also did their best in difficult circumstances. Mr James's disillusion with the BBC......